Combined insulator and lightning-arrester.



APPLICATION FILED AUG 24, 190E.

' Patented July 6,1909.

,ncnarrm, or .oRnE-Nc sr'LE, INDIANA.

4 and Lightning-Arrestem; and I do declare f the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-.

. invention consists of certain novel features scription' of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in" the art to which it apper-' tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates .to improvements in combined insulators and lightning 'arresters for attaching electric wires to supports.

The object of the invention is to rovide a device of this character to whic electric wires may be quickly and easily attached Without theuse of additional fastening wires or other fastening devices, and which serve as an efiicient and reliable lightning arrester.

' A further object is to provide an insulator having means whereby the wire maybe firmly gripped and prevented from slippingthrough the insulator.

With these and other objects in view, the

of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be described and articularly pointed'out. in the appendedclaims. In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of an insulator constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In the embodiment of the invention I pro- 'vide a cylindrical casing, 1,1'which may be formed of any suitable material and constructed in upper and lower'sections hingedly connected together on each side, as shown. The hinged connection'between the sections of the casing is preferably formed by means of pairs of engaging or overla ping lugs, 2, arranged near the opposite endsof each side of the casing, said lugs having formed therein a'lined apertures through which is removablv inserted a pivot rod, 3; said rods, 3, extending between and engaging. the pairs of'lugs on each side of the casing, as shown,- By thus connecting the sections of the casing to-v gether, the same may be opened from either side by the removalof one of the pivot rods,

3, the rod and lugs on the opposite side serving as a hinge.

' .LonnAnvuLE, momma: assieuon or ONE-HAIZiTOMELVILLE E;

LiGirrnmG-mnnsi'nn i i I Specification of Patent. Application filed August aaia'oza; Serial n. 450,019.

inclined direction Patented Ju i-c; 1909'.

In thecasing, 1, is arranged acylindrical copper lining, 4, which closely fits the inner surface ofthe casing, and is formed inseparable sections corres jonding to the sections of the casing The'lining the purpose of attracting an electrical current of unusual or dangerous force, such, for

instance, as a lightning charge,- from the line I wircs,the'charge jum ing to'thelining, from whence it is'grounde 'jby a grounding wire. The ends of the lining, 4, preferably project 'beyondthe ends of thecasingasuita le distance-to provide means for. attaching a Said projecting ends are fiared outwardly and provided with an annular groove to receiveithe'ground wire.

Within the lining, 4, is arranged a core, 5,

,4, is provided for formed of rubber or other-suitable insulating material, said'core being also formed in separable sections-correspondingto the sections ofthe lining and easing. Through the core, 5, is formed a wire-receiving passage, 6, said passage having an' irregular course through the core and is here shown as running in an from the-center toward the outer ends of the core.

The casing, 1, is provided with a suitable attaching shank, 7,- byme'ans of which it is secured to the arm of a tele raph pole or to other forms of support.- e shank, 7, is provided vnear its upper end with a 'stop flange, 8', to engage one side of the arm or support, and on its outer end the shank is pre erably threaded to receive a clamping nut, 9, whereby it is rigidly secured to its support. a

y means of an insulator constructed as herein shown "and d'escribed'the telephone or *telegraph wire may be quickly and easily engaged therewith and secured therein without the use of additional fastenin devices. The

wire when thus connected will be positively insulated from its su port.

In use it is intent ed that-the round wire which 'isattached to the ends 0 the casing shall be larger than the line wire, thus presenting a greater attractive power, whereby lightnin or/other high and dangerous currents w jum from the line-Wire to the'liningand from t ence to the are thereb arrested.

While I ave shown and jdescribed the .device as a combined insulator and lightning arrester, it is obviousf'thahthe same-may be ground wire, and I .105

constructed without the copper lining, thus forming simply an insulator.

In practice the combined devices or those employing the copper lining will only be used where it is desired to provide a lightning ar-- rester, and at other points along the line simply the insulator construction will be emp10 ed.

- rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principl'e orsac'rificing an 'of the advantagesof the invention-as de ed inthe appended Havingthus'described my invention, what I claim as-new and desire to secure by Lettors-Patent, is: I

1.. A device of the class described comprise constructed of separable sections, one of said sections having an irregular groove therein, and a projection on the other section adaptnesses. ing a cylinder, 2. core of insulating'material ed to enter the groove and hold a wire.

therein.

2. A device of the class described comprising a' cylinder, 8'. core of insulating material constructed of separable sections, one of said sections having which -is deepest in the center, and a V- shaped lug on the other section adapted to enter the groove and press a wire therein at its center.

- 3. A device of the class described, comprising a cylinder, score of insulating material constructed of separable sections, one of said sections having a groove formed therein which is deepest in the center, and a V- shaped lug on the other section adapted to enter the grooveand press a therein at a groove formed therein its center,'saidl he a ve to co-act with the velil l-the i i rht s gtiim to form a wire recei channel.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of two subscribingwit- WILLIAM F. HIATT. Witnesses:

G; Mason, Em Mas-ma; 

